whim
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Kjell-Ivar Skogmo and his group of four traveled from Norway on a whim for a 10-day trip to the U.S. as soon as they were able to secure tickets through a secondary market.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
For over a decade, hundreds of online video games have been rendered unplayable at the whim of their publishers, for either technical or economic reasons.
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
They become permissions granted or withheld based on the whim of those who interpret and adjudicate our laws.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
On a whim, she also applied to the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, or RISD.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
For so long, she could see now, she had made her daughter live by her whim: moving on anytime she needed new ideas; anytime she had felt stuck or uneasy.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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